Our textiles and craft tours are guided by a desire not to impact on local communities but to tip toe into the lives of those we visit and share with them our love of textiles, traditional crafts and cultures. Our unique itineraries are not your standard sight seeing tour but provide you with the opportunity to immerse yourself in local crafts and culture without having to be constantly on the move. Our tours are all about getting to know the local culture and crafts and bringing home new skills and an appreciation of traditional textiles and crafts.

SMALL GROUP TOURS

Our small group tours of only 10 ensure you experience your destination in a unique and personal way. Our tours are all about immersion in local cultures, crafts and textiles. On our textiles and craft immersion tours we base ourselves in 1 or 2 locations and simply unpack and relax and get to know the locals, the neighbourhood, the local artisans, the food and what really makes a place tick. On our textiles and craft explorer tours are designed to provide travellers with a broader look at a destination but still retaining a focus on local crafts and communities and hands-on classes.

Creative Beach Escape - Ballina/Byron Bay

Its time to re-emerge and share something creative6 night Small group textiles and craft immersion tourDeparts: 8th November 2020 - OPEN TO AUSTRALIAN TRAVELLERSHome to a rich culture of fibre crafts, beautiful beaches and stunning countryside, the Northern Rivers of NSW is a perfect place to celebrate emerging from lockdown with a small group of like-minded textile and craft enthusiasts. Join me on this inspiring week long retreat packed full of hands-on classes including: extracting and making eco dyes, eco bundle dyeing, Nuno felting, paper making and Japanese book binding; random wicker weaving and fabric screen printing.LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS TOUR >>

Laos Textiles & Craft Retreat

11 day small group textiles and craft immersion tourLuang Prabang, LaosDeparts: 12th Sept 2020 & 5th October 2021 * Subject to COVID-19 travel restrictions $3,650per person twin shareJoin us on this fantastic tour, jammed pack with lots of hands on crafts from natural dyes to silk and cotton weaving, traditional Hmong embroidery, Hmong batik, pottery, bamboo weaving and paper-making. Learn how to make traditional noodles and take a cooking class in a heritage home. You'll get to experience village life when we spend 2 days in a traditional cotton weaving village learning about how they create their beautiful textiles and make their traditional dyes.LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS TOUR

12 day small group textiles and craft immersion tour Siem Reap, Cambodia/ Luang Prabang, LaosDeparts: 20th March & 6th November 2021 * Subject to COVID-19 travel restrictions$4,550per person twin shareThis tour is jammed pack with hands-on craft and textiles classes and cultural activities including silk weaving, natural dyes, shibori, paper making; bamboo weaving; batik; recycled crafts and traditional Hmong embroidery, traditional cooking). Explore the ancient temples of Angkor and the emerging textiles and crafting community of Siem Reap. Get to know the locals and explore World heritage Luang Prabang and its amazing temples, textiles and markets. LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS TOUR >>

Hands on Thailand

9 day small group tour textiles and craft immersion tourChiang Mai, ThailandDeparts: 29th January & 19th November 2021* Subject to COVID-19 travel restrictions$3,550per person twin shareExperience the magic of amazing Chiang Mai and its rich craft and textiles culture. Lots of hands on craft from sashiko embroidery and pattern making, Hmong embroidery, batik stamping and canting, natural dyes, palm weaving, shibori, traditional paper sculpture. Get to know what makes this fascinating city tick when you visit its temples and markets and learn about its unique and famous foods when you take a traditional cooking class.​LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS TOUR >>

Hands on Textiles & Craft of Vietnam

12 day small group textiles and craft explorer tourHanoi/Sapa/Hoi An, VietnamDeparts: 3rd March & 1st September 2021 * Subject to COVID-19 travel restrictions$4,290per person twin shareThis fabulous new adventure tour has lots of hands-on craft classes including conical hat making, lacquerware, natural dyes, tribal embroidery, calligraphy, silk lantern making and traditional cooking. Explore the museums and 1000 year old shopping district of Hanoi before travelling to the mountains of Sapa where we spend time living in a traditional tribal village and from here we travel down to the picturesque town of Hoi An where we explore its crafts and silk industry.LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS TOUR >>>

INDEPENDENT TEXTILE AND CRAFT TOURS

Our independent or tailor-made tours allow you to travel when it best fits with you. You pick your travel dates and we do the rest.